On Wed, 5 May 2010 13:41:19 -0700 Grant wrote: > I created a new user with useradd but I get X errors like "cannot open > display" and "cannot connect to X server" when I try to run X apps as > the new user. I've tried restarting with the same results. Does > anyone know why this is happening? > > - Grant
Have you tried strace? It'll help tell what the app is doing just before the "cannot open ..." message is displayed. HTH, David